Welcome to the first entry in my Literacy for Ted blog. Ted's an online class I'm taking through University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I'm a lateral entry teacher working on my teacher certification. Here you can follow some of my experiences in a class that looks to be extremely applicable to my present teaching role at First Flight High School in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. I teach Carpentry/Construction Technology but stress communication skills like writing, reading, and use of the spoken word along with carpentry skills.
Our school is one mile from the high tide line of the Atlantic Ocean. Ironically, Hurricane Earl is grinding toward us as a Cat 2 storm leaving the Virgin Islands in its wake, and expected to intensify and reach Cat 3 or 4 intensity.We'll wait and see what happens. In the meantime I'll focus on Literacy for Ted.
I hope all is well after Earl! Have spent many summers in Corolla. I look forward to your blogs.
ReplyDeleteI too agree with the things you said about presentation. I am a future Art Teacher and presentation is everything! I have my students write critiques to go with their art projects. Writing skills are vital and I like to see you incorporating them in your carpentry class. Your same realizations of how the “Readicide” text gives examples of teachers killing the joy of reading because the text is not relatable and I too want to make sure my readings engage my students, not make them hate it. Your thoughts are very interesting and I found myself relating to a lot of what you said! After all, we are both in the arts!
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